A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2019268062. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268062. The temblor was detected at 22:45:32 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 02:45:32 / September 25, 2019 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.2798° West, latitude 19.072° North, depth = 24 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and five, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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